Sunken-vessel-locating device



Aug. 5, 1930. J. P. CARELL SUNKEN VESSEL LOCATING DEVICE Filed 1929 2 Sheets$heet 1 gmnm JP. Zi /a Z2 g- 1930. 'J. P. CARELL 1,772,205

SUNKEN VESSEL LOGA'I'ING DEVICE Filed Feb. 7, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gwomtoz JR fiarll 5 The primary object of this invention is to closed position;

10 :The float device released; from the carrier be seen that the device embodying thepresent 55 3o tailed description taken in connection with the lower edge thereof is provided with a se- Patented Aug. 5, 1930 i J UNITED? STATS mam FFICE; i Q i Joiner. cARnLL, cannot, em i v I sUNKnN-vEssEL-LocATIuG DEVIGE i :Apnli cation filed February 7, 1929. serial jm.'33s',19

.This invention relates to sunken ship locat- '7 Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view ing devices and pertains particularly to a through the structure; Q device which acts after the sinking of the Figure 3, is a plan view. of the float conboat in the nature of a buoy. taining receptacle showing the cover ;in

provide a sunken ship locating device which Figure-' 1, is a top plan view of the recepemploys a float device normally carried with tacle with the float re oved and showing the the ship and releasabletherefrom to carry cover opened.

to the surface a thin cable or cord. Referrlng to the drawings in detailyvitwill upon reaching the surface acts as a buoy so invention has been shown mounted upon the that rescue ships may accurately locate the body of the VESSEL a portion of which isinposition of the sunken vessel and in addidicated generally by the numeral 1. This tion acts to carry to the surface of the water body of the vessel maybe a portion of a sub- 5 a light cord or cable connected with the marine vessel or a vessel of the surfacetype, Q sunken vessel and by means ofwhich a heavin eithercase I the installation of the device ier cable carried bythe vessellmay be drawn will be thesame with one exception and that to the surface by rescue ships so that contact is when the device is installed upon a "s'ubmay be immediately establishedbetween resmarine vessel the control arm for the float J cuers and the sunken vessel. receptacle, hereinafter described in detail, Another'objec t of the invention is to prowill extend downwardly-through the wall of videa fioat carrying receptacle which is northe vessel to the interiorso that itmay be mally maintained.closed and which may be, manipulated by personsimprisonedthelf in.

in the event that the device is used in asso Thedevice comprisesan upright receptacle ciation with a submarine, readily opened Qwhich is preferably, though notnecessarily from the interior of the vessel for the release of cylindrical formation. This receptacle of the float. may be suitably secured in the upright posi- The invention willv bebest understood tion described upon the bodyof the vessel,

from a consideration of the following deas for example by the use of brackets?) and the accompanying drawingsforming a part i o ope gs W ich Will Per i W of-this specification, with the understanding, to y flow W P the T c P however; that the invention is not confined tade 1S B g to any strict conformity with'the showing receptacle 2 has Gut -ft e of the drawings but maybe changedor modifi from h if? edge the slot m 30 fied so long as such changesor modifications fi 15 located a lacenls receptac g mark no material departure from thesahent suitable holder 6 for a c011 of cable or chaln f t f th d th 7 one end of whicliis extended into th e ea ures oe nven ion as expresse 1n e cePtad/e 2 through, the S10 t 5. I appended claims.

4 v a At a suitable point on the exterior'faceof I the f the wallof the receptacle 2 and at the top F1gu1Te'1 1S a ew; 111 slde eltlvatlon of the thereof there is secured an L-sh'ap'ed bracket vessel locatlng device embodying'the pres- 8; of hi h ext d l t ll ent invention showing the same in applied indicatedatt), with the to surface flushwith 5 position; the topedge of the receptacle on Overlying the top of the receptacle 2 is a cover plate 10, from the periphery of which there extends a hinge arm 11, which is pivotally secured" as at 12 to the arm 9 of the bracket 8.

Secured to the outer face of the wall of the receptacle 2 at a point substantially onefourth the way around the receptacle from the bracket 8 is a superposed pair of control shaft supporting brackets 13, these brackets havingextending therethrough in substantially parallel relation to the wall of the receptacle a control shaft 14, the lower end of which may extend downwardly through the body of the vessel 1 when the device is used upon a submarine terminating at its lower' end in a control handle 15. The upperend of the shaft 14 is extended at right angles-to form the crank arm 16, theterminus of which. is turned upwardly as at 17 for pivotal 'en-' gagement with one end of a link member 18, the other end of the link being pivotally, secured by the bolt and sleeve unit 19. t0 the coverlO'at a point along the edge thereof, substantially diametrically opposite the I point adjacent which-the shaft supporting brackets 13 are located when the cover is closed over the receptacle v 7 It willbe seen from the foregoing description that uponrotationof the shaft 14 to swing the crank 16, the cover 10 will be swung :to one side about the pivot 12, this swinging movement being toward the shaft 14. To permit the cover to swing without interference by the shaft there is formed in the cover the arcuate slot 20, the arc of which is struck from the center of the pivot 12 and 1 which has, of course, a, radius which is equal to the distance between the pivot 12 and the pivotal center of the shaft 14.

Housed within the receptacle 2 is a hollow float body, indicated generally by the numeral 21. This float may be constructed of suitable material, such as suitably water-proofed cork or the like and is formed hollow and in two' detachably connected sections. Within the float there is mounted upon, a shaft 22 a reel 23 which is designed to carry a quantity of lightcable 24, which cable passes through a suitable aperture 25 in the body of thefloat and is connected to the end of the heavy rope or cable 7 within the receptacle 2.

The end of the heavy cable 7 which ex- ,7 tends into the receptacle 2 through the slot 5 may rest upona suitable supporting bracket 26, which extends transversely of the interior of the'receptacle 2, upon which bracket the float 21 also rests until released.

The heavy and light cables, 7 and 24, may be suitably marked to indicate feet or fathoms so'that after the float reaches the top of the water in which it is released, this cable will indicate the depth of the water in which the ship carrying the receptacle 2-lies.

be established From the foregoing description it will be readily apparent that when a ship, as for example, a submarine is sunken the crew 1mprisoned therein, having access to the shaft 14 may manipulate the same to swing the cover 10 from over the end of the receptacle 2, releasing the float member 21, which will rise to the surface unreeling as it goes the light line or cable 24 from the reel housed therein. The float after reaching the top of the water will then act as a buoy until taken up by a rescue party who maythen take in the light line 24, which operation will result in the drawing to the surface of the heavy cable 7 the free end of the cable being removed from the receptacle 2 through'the slot 5 as will be readily understood.

The other end of the heavy cable 7 may be secured to the body of the vessel and after the end attached to'the' light line 24 has been drawn to the. surface a fixed connection will I between a rescue vessel at the surface and the sunken vessel.

Having described my invention, what I claim is v V l. A sunkenvessel indicating device, comprising a receptacle designed to'be secured to the body ofa ship, acover plate pivot-ally mounted to shift horizontally over one end of the receptacle,an operating crank, a conand receiving, said shaft when the plate is i lov'cd to open receptacle position, a float designed to behoused within the receptacle, a light line and a reel device within the float for carrying said light line, said light line being extended from the float and secured, at one end within the receptacle. v I

2. A sunken vessel indicating device, comprisinga receptacle designed tobe secured to the body of a ship, a cover plate pivotally mounted to shift horizontally over one end of the receptacle, anoperating crank, a connecting link between the crank and the cover plate, an operating shaft controlling the crank, said cover plate having a slot therein and receiving said shaft when the plate is moved to open receptacle position, a float designed to be housed within the receptacle, a light line and a reel device within the float for carrying said light line, saijd'light line being extended from the float, a'heavy cable designedto have one end secured to a vessel andha ving its other end extendinginto'the receptacle, said other end of theheavy cable having said-light line attached thereto, and means for permitting the withdrawal of the heavy cable from the receptacle.

3. In a sunken vessel indicator, a float, a reelhoused in said float and carrying a line extending through the float, a receptacle designed to besecured to the bodyofa vessel and adapted to house said float, the recepsignature.

JOHN P. CARELL. 

